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Giving Thanks: From Clients' Perspective

November 23, 2016 | Addiction, Counseling, Emotional wellbeing, Housing, Mental health, Recovery, Sobriety

If you're like many people preparing for this Thanksgiving holiday, right about now you're checking your menu over and over again. All the pieces are there: turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce,

Election Anxiety: Coping Skills for the Next Couple of Days

November 4, 2016 | Anxiety, Coping, Counseling, Elections, Mental illness, Partners

"It's almost over!" I heard those words from a friend across the street the other day as he got home from work. He'd been feeling anxiety over this year's election - as have a lot of other people, according

A Pill's All It Takes- and Other Mental Health Treatment Myths

September 14, 2016 | Addiction, Counseling, Emotional wellbeing, Mental illness, Partners, Recovery, Rx drugs

Back in the day, Hollywood’s view of mental health counseling looked pretty simple. Movies and TV shows that showed any portrayal of counseling showed the person lying on a couch and facing away from the

September is Suicide Prevention Month

September 2, 2016 | Addiction, Counseling, Emotional wellbeing, Recovery, Suicide awareness, Suicide prevention

September is Suicide Prevention Month, a time when organizations around the globe stop to consider the toll suicide takes and how we can all work together to prevent it. Whenever there is a suicide, survivors are left

Is Your Child Moody or Depressed?

August 3, 2016 | Back to school, Counseling, Emotional wellbeing, Enews, Mental illness, Recovery

It’s certainly easy for parents to assume that most adolescent outbursts are the results of hormonal changes, stress, and a changing brain. It might even be tied to anxiety around going back to school. How can you

Perspectives on PTSD

July 20, 2016 | Alcohol, Counseling, Drinking, Heroin, Opiates, Recovery, Trauma

According to a CNN post, the man who shot and killed three Baton Rouge police officers last week suffered from PTSD. A former Marine, he had reportedly told that to friends and relatives before the